
7.4
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
IMDb: 7.4 1954 93 min
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

6.8
The Eagle of the Pacific
IMDb: 6.8 1953 119 min
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan’s navy ...

8
The Life of Oharu
IMDb: 8 1952 136 min
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman’s banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

7.1
The Idiot
IMDb: 7.1 1951 166 min
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the ...

7.2
Scandal
IMDb: 7.2 1950 104 min
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

8.1
Rashomon
IMDb: 8.1 1950 88 min
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife.

6.9
Wedding Ring
IMDb: 6.9 1950 96 min
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband’s illness.

7.3
The Quiet Duel
IMDb: 7.3 1949 95 min
A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats ...

7.8
Stray Dog
IMDb: 7.8 1949 122 min
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes ...

7.6
Drunken Angel
IMDb: 7.6 1948 98 min
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when ...

7.2
Snow Trail
IMDb: 7.2 1947 89 min
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and ...